NOVELLA

1. "Starsong", Timothy Zahn (Jul/Aug 1997)
2. "Loose Ends", Paul Levinson (May 1997)
3. "Billy's Bunter", Walter F. Cuirle (Jul/Aug 1997)
4. "The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring", Wolf Read (Jun 1997)

NOVELETTE

1. "Trial by Ordeal", Grey Rollins (Nov 1997)
2. "Ask Arlen", Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff (Sep 1997)
3. "Easter Egg Hunt: A Christmas Story", Jeffery D. Kooistra (Dec 1997)
4. *"Gideon", Michael F. Flynn (Mar 1997)
4. *"Variations in DreamPaint", Marc Stiegler (Oct 1997)

SHORT STORY

1. "Already in Heaven", Brian Plante (Jul/Aug 1997)
2. *"On the Application of Quantum Probability Tunneling to Improve Manufacturability of Printed Circuit Board Designs: A Case Study", Rick Cook & Peter L. Manly (May 1997)
2. *"Waiting for the Riddlers", Charles Sheffield (Mar 1997)
3. *"The Big One", James Van Pelt (Sep 1997)
3. *"Last Exit Before the Final Frontier", Jeffery D. Kooistra (Nov 1997)

FACT ARTICLE

1. "Cosmological Darwinism", Richard D. Meisner (Nov 1997)
2. "Paradigm Shifty Things", Jeffery D. Kooistra (Jun 1997)
3. "Just How 'Average' Is the Solar System?", Stephen L. Ph. D. Gillett (Sep 1997)
4. "Biology at the Extremes", Mark S. Lesney (Dec 1997)
5. "Cold Fusion: The 'Miracle' Is No Mistake", Dr. Eugene F. Mallove (Jul/Aug 1997)

COVER

1. J. Hester & P. Scowen, with Arizona State University and NASA, Cover of Jan 1997
2. Bob Eggleton, Cover of Oct 1997 (illustrating "O Pioneer!" by Frederik Pohl)
3. George H. Krauter, Cover of Dec 1997 (illustrating "Crossing Chao Meng Fu" by G. David Nordley)
4. John Berkey, Cover of May 1997
5. Ron Walotsky, Cover of Nov 1997